Ladies and Gentlemen : Time for an update on good old CF-JGW. As some of you may remember, I am in the process (a somewhat longer than anticipated process) of restoring the old girl to flying status. After much knitting of eyebrows and gnashing of teeth, I have decided, on the advice of my highly knowledgeable and trustworthy mechanic, to go ahead and have what's left of my engine rebuilt, as opposed to shopping around for a used replacement. The reasoning there is if we rebuild it, we'll havae a pretty good idea what we've got. Also, there seems to be a conspicuous lack of used C-85's for sale on the Canadian prairies; and going south would result in a terrific vacuuming of my bank account, what with the exchange rate and all. The plan therefore is to stick an 0-200 cam in my old case, clean up the crank, replace the lifters, bearings and such, and Bobs your uncle. Here then is the quandry. Should I purchase used cylinders (2400.00 CDN $ for all 4) and polish them up and put new rings in or buy new ones entirely? What is the general consensus on this issue? I haven't priced new jugs yet, any ideas on what those are going for? Seems to me Joa just bought one, what sayest thou Joa? I'm looking at around 6 thousand Canadian dollars (That's roughly 4K USD) for the rebuild; I don't think I can find a decent used engine for that price... Any suggestions out there? Spike
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